I mean, I think a useful tool for this might be counting the past AND future world champions of any given past season. E. g. I remember when F1 Racing published an article of a year (I can’t remember which year it was) when 8 (!) world champions competed against each other, past and…[Read more]

Short answer: Yes. There was a competition glut in the 70s, when the Cosworth engine was ‘standard’, but for the most ever, it is now. This graph on F1metrics: https://i0.wp.com/i.imgur.com/ILIpWuV.png says 2011 was the peak of competition before 2014. 6 WDCs on the grid..

Hence, since 1999, the standard has only improved. Those guys who would…[Read more]

The 2nd race at COTA in the Porsche Supercup, there were overtakes everywhere, the drivers usually don’t have this much fight. And it was also a title decider, though Bamber didn’t have a big challenge from Giermaziak.